pillage
verb (used with object)
to strip ruthlessly of money or goods by open violence, as in war; plunder.
have pillaged
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present perfectof pillage.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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“I honestly think that if this beeping system would’ve existed during the Crusades, the Crusaders wouldn’t have pillaged as much,” said Mr. Hambrecht, in jest.
From New York Times ● Jul. 10, 2010
Like all scientists who have pillaged foreign flora for the profit of U.S. agriculture, Goodspeed and his staff had no easy time.
From Time Magazine Archive
Indeed, Death, the Reaper, multiplied two-hundred-fold and mowing a swath of incredible proportions, could scarcely have pillaged the land of its conies more thoroughly.
From Bruvver Jim's Baby by Philip Verrill Mighels
For many years they have pillaged the country, and after having taught the natives to regard cows as the only medium of exchange for ivory, they have at length exhausted the cattle.
From Ismailia by Sir Samuel White Baker
I found hardly anything, the inhabitants have pillaged everything long ago.
From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Henry Yule
